Women's Tennis Rolls Past Marshall, 5-2

Saturday, March 23

New Orleans

1 PM

Tulane University

Marshall

Photo by: Parker Waters

Mar 23, 2019 | Women's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane women's tennis team notched a home victory by defeating Marshall, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon at the City Park Tennis Center.

The Green Wave (6-12) continued their dominance on the doubles courts, as the 33rd-ranked duo of Ivone Alvaro and Elena Muller cruised to a 6-1 victory over Liz Stefancic and Madi Ballow on court one.

The win was the fourth in a row for Alvaro and Muller, who improved their record to 16-2 overall and 14-1 at the top spot in the lineup this spring.

Christina Sisti and Adelaide Lavery were handling their business in the meantime and finished off a 6-1 win of their own on court three over Matilde Mulatero and Victoria Walter to give the Wave a 1-0 lead over the Thundering Herd heading into singles.

Alvaro pushed Tulane's lead to two with a convincing 6-2, 6-2 victory at the No. 3 spot in the lineup, but Marshall responded with consecutive, straight-set wins at No. 4 and No. 5 to draw even, 2-2.

The Green Wave were resilient despite the rally by the Thundering Herd, as they rattled off three more singles wins to clinch their sixth win of the season.

Daniela La Fuente won in straight sets in the No. 2 position, before Lavery closed out her contest on court six in the same fashion. Muller bounced back from a lost first set to win the second frame, 6-4, and came out on top, 10-7, in a third-set tiebreaker to seal a victory of her own.

Tulane returns to the courts in seven days to host Southern Miss on Saturday, March 30. First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Tulane 5, Marshall 2

Singles competition
1. Elena Muller (TLN) def. Anna Smith (MAR) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
2. Daniela La Fuente (TLN) def. Victoria Walter (MAR) 7-5, 6-2
3. Ivone Alvaro (TLN) def. Daniela Dankanych (MAR) 6-2, 6-2
4. Liz Stefancic (MAR) def. Laura Fabrizi (TLN) 6-3, 6-2
5. Madi Ballow (MAR) def. Christina Sisti (TLN) 6-3, 6-1
6. Adelaide Lavery (TLN) def. Matilde Mulatero (MAR) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #33 Ivone Alvaro/Elena Muller (TLN) def. Liz Stefancic/Madi Ballow (MAR) 6-1
2. Laura Fabrizi/Daniela La Fuente (TLN) vs. Daniela Dankanych/Anna Smith (MAR) 1-5, unfinished
3. Christina Sisti/Adelaide Lavery (TLN) def. Matilde Mulatero/Victoria Walter (MAR) 6-1

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,5,4,2,6*,1)

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